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NOVA: Killer Volcanoes

Mount Rinjani, Lombok, Indonesia.
Courtesy of Blink Films
Mount Rinjani, Lombok, Indonesia.

Airs Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017 at 9 p.m. & Sunday, Oct. 29 at 2 p.m. on KPBS

Join NOVA and a team of volcanologists looking for an elusive volcanic mega-eruption that plunged the medieval earth into a deep freeze. Investigate the geologic evidence from Greenland all the way to Antarctica to identify the 750-year-old culprit.

Franck Lavigne and Jean Christophe Komorowski - Quarry, Lombok, Indonesia.
Courtesy of Blink Films
Franck Lavigne and Jean Christophe Komorowski - Quarry, Lombok, Indonesia.

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